> Animals are hard work and I don't understand why any small time farmer still does it. I guess it depends on the animal, and how many. I work sometimes on a h

> Animals are hard work and I don't understand why any small time farmer still does it. I guess it depends on the animal, and how many. I work sometimes on a hobby farm with around 30 pineywoods cattle and they're almost maintenance free. The hay is more work than those cattle and basically all we do for that is drive tractors around for a few days, a few times a year.